8 Tutor of PhD students in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and member of the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering PhD Committee The research activities developed during years have covered a broad range of topics in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering, especially covering the first one. This has allowed to gain a deep knowledge of some topics (ship manoeuvrability, propellers and propulsors, SPH techniques, etc.), and contemporarily to cover various fields of investigation. This, in its turn, has allowed to obtain a very good capacity of synthesis and multidisciplinary approach, which are typical of the ship design and of its optimization. From this point of view, the previous work experience in Fincantieri (during which moreover, at least in the first position covered, it was possible to work on various research projects, national and international) has contributed significantly for the development of this approach. It is worth underlining that activities developed during years have covered both the field of numerical simulation (CFD, complex systems simulation) and the field of experimental activities (in model scale at cavitation tunnel and towing tank and in full scale during sea trials), increasing the multidisciplinary nature of the acquired knowledge. Participation to National and International Scientific Committees - Member of ST-NSM (Specialist Team Naval Ship Manoeuvrability) of NATO (NATO Naval Group 6), with the aim of developing manoeuvrability rules for naval ships ( ) the activity has allowed to develop two official (ANEP) NATO documents - Member of ST-SM (Specialist Team Seaway Mobility) of NATO (NATO Naval Group 6), with the aim of developing standards and rules for naval ships manoeuvrability ( ) the activity has allowed to define an official STANAG NATO - Member of the Scientific Committee of the PhD Course in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering since Scientific responsible of the Cavitation Tunnel of the Department (Laboratory registered at MIUR) since Member of the MARSTRUCT Virtual Institute, in particular regarding the topic Hydrodynamic Impact Loads (Slamming, Green water, Sloshing) and Wave induced loads (Non-linear, Hydroelastic) from 2010 to now - Member of the Scientific Committee of the IMAM International Conference (International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean) Main Research projects: - Consultancy in the context of a contract between CETENA and Italian Navy/MOD for the project Optimisation of prediction methodologies for manoeuvrability characteristics of naval ships in the context of PNRM (years ) - Role: technical responsible of the project - Activity: application of system identification techniques, development of prediction methodologies for the manoeuvrability of twin screw ships. - Research project, in cooperation with CETENA and INSEAN, funded by Italian Navy/MOD (PNRM) for Study of an innovative approach for free running model tests (years ) - Role: technical responsible of the project - Activity: free running model test results analysis, development of methodologies for the simulation of control system and manoeuvrability of twin screw ships - Research project, in cooperation with INSEAN-CNR, funded by Italian Navy/MOD (PNRM) for Numerical and experimental simulation of propulsion plant and manoeuvrability in order to optimize control strategies considering also performance deterioration in time (years ) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: responsible of development of manoeuvrability models, responsible for cavitation observations in full scale - SWAD research project in the framework of DLTM FAR-MIUR funds -(coordinator Otomelara) (years ) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: responsible of development of manoeuvrability models - CLUSTER research project in the framework of DLTM FAR-MIUR funds - (coordinator Fincantieri) (approval pending, duration 3 years) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: responsible of development of manoeuvrability models for design and simulation of Dynamic Positioning (DP) Systems - PRODIFCON research project in the framework of DLTM FAR-MIUR funds - (coordinator Orizzonte Sistemi navali) ( ) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: responsible of development of manoeuvrability models for the simulation of ships and small crafts inside a high level scenarios simulator - Research project Study and Optimization of a surface piercing propeller for fast crafts propulsion Contract with Flexitab company (year 2006) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: Experimental tests (tests on surface piercing propellers) and test data analysis - Research project Development of a design and optimisation method for a contrarotating propeller pod Contract with ZF Hurth Marine (years ) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: experimental tests (development of a measuring device for contrarotating propellers and tests on contrarotating propellers pod) and test data analysis - Research project Development of numerical and experimental methods for the desisgn and optimisation of propellers in axial cylinder Contract with ZF Hurth Marine (years ) - Role: technical responsible of the project for the experimental activities - Activity: responsible of experimental activities (tests on propellers in axial cylinder) and test data analysis - Research project Low environmental impact and wake wash hybrid naval vessel (foil-swath) Contract n with Cantieri Navali Rodriquez (years 2007/2008) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: responsible of experimental activities (hull flow measurement by means of LDV techniques and tests on conventional propellers) and test data analysis - European Research Project (7th Framework Program) SILENV (Ships oriented Innovative solutions to reduce Noise & Vibrations) - Grant agreement no.: (years ) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: responsible of experimental activities (tests on conventional propellers: cavitation extension/induced pressures and radiated noise tests on CLT propellers: cavitation extension/induced pressures/radiated noise/induced flow using LDV), participation to the design of conventional propellers by means of multiobjective optimisation techniques - Research Project with Fincantieri for the development of support activities for the European Research Project (7th Framework Program) BESST (Breakthrough in European Ship and Shipbuilding Technologies) - Grant agreement no.: (years ) - Role: technical responsible of the project - Activity: development of a measuring device for ducted propellers at cavitation tunnel, responsible of experimental activities (tests on ducted propellers: cavitation extension / radiated noise)

9 - European Research Project (7th Framework Program) AQUO (Achieve QUieter Oceans by shipping noise footprint reduction) (years ) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: responsible of experimental activities (tests on conventional propellers: flow measurements, cavitation extension, radiated noise and induced pressures) - CLUSTER research project in the framework of DLTM FAR-MIUR funds - (coordinator Fincantieri) (approval pending, duration 3 years) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: responsible of experimental activities at cavitation tunnel on conventional and non conventional propellers - European Prjoect N TNE3-CT Network of Excellence MARSTRUCT (years ) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: development of numerical methodologies (SPH) for the study of slamming and sloshing phenomena, coordinator of activities in Sub-Task Impact loads-sloshing - Research project in cooperation with CETENA for Azimut-Benetti for the Development of a methodology for prediction of planing craft seakeeping (years ) - Role: participation to the research group - Activity: development of a seakeeping prediction methodology adopting momentum theory - Research Project, in cooperation with CETENA, funded by Italian Navy/MOD (PNRM) for Hullform and propulsion system optimisation study for high speed naval ships years Role: participation to the research group - Activity: development of hullform optimization techniques by means of parametric models and multiobjective optimization, responsible of experimental activities (towing tank tests for numerical activities validation) - Various tests at cavitation tunnel on propellers and foils (Fincantieri, CETENA, Eliche Radice, ZF Hurth Marine) - Full scale tests during sea trials for propeller cavitation extension observation (Fincantieri) - Towing tank tests for measurement of displacement and planing hulls resistance and running attitude During activity in Fincantieri C.N.I.: - European Research Project (5th RTD Framework Program) FANTASTIC (Functional design and optimisation of ship hull forms) for the development of innovative methodologies for ship hull design (years ) - Role: participation to the research group) - Activity: development of hull parametrisation methodologies and numerical optimization - Military European Research Project (EUCLID) HULLOPT (Hull Optimisation) for the development of innovative methodologies for naval ship hull design (years ) ) - Role: participation to the research group) - Activity: development of hull numerical optimization techniques - European Research Project (5th Framework Program) FCSHIP (Fuel cell technology in ships contract G3RD-CT ) for the appliation of fuel cells on merchant ships (years ) ) - Role: leader of Work Package devoted to ship / plant design) - Activity: coordination of Work Package activities, coordination of design activities in Fincantieri (application of fuel cells on a RORO-Pax ship) Papers/articles: - Participation to conferences and author of articles in international journals as in previous list (see italian part)

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